Frog on the Lam

This place is a revolving door of critters lately: new and old, wet and dry, four-legged and no-legged.

Last week Boomer The Cat went AWOL but turned up unfazed and unharmed.

The weekend brought a surprise addition to the zoo: No. 2 Son's ball python.

Look, I'm not happy about the snake. But is it fair for one son to have four creatures and another zero? Still, it's a snake!

And now for today's melodrama in the menagerie: The female of the fire belly toads went missing. Cue the organ music. Will I have to tell my soon-to-arrive guests that we have a toxic frog loose in the house? I'd hate for someone to trip over a dead Boo with a half-eaten frog in his mouth. Especially if it's me. Look, I've already cleaned up one pile of cat barf today ....

Fortunately, Frau Frog was found in the front foyer, barely breathing after hippety-hopping down a flight of stairs. Currently she is back in her terrarium. Her formerly Critical condition has been upgraded to Stable and she has been cleared for visitors. However her status may be downgraded or even changed to Expecting since Herr Frog won't stop mounting her.

Find the fire belly toads, which I'm told are actually frogs since they live in the water (except when they escape). Also, don't bother clicking on that white triangle, because it's just a reflection and not the way to start a video clip. Look, I was tempted to click on it myself ....                                                                                                                                                                

 

Meanwhile, Lizzy the guinea pig has been eschewing all the scenery chewing, preferring her bowl of carrots and hay. Mr. Beta Fish also seems blissfully oblivious.

Personally, I wouldn't mind if Snake-I-Heard-You-Were-Dead escaped, slithered into the frog tank and ate them both before collapsing and dying. That's probably because I haven't bonded with them. You can't force these things, right?



... Our expected guests just called from the road, informing us they are bringing 10 live lobsters.

Welcome to our snake-eat-frog-eat-fish-eat-guinea pig-eat-cat-eat-lobster world!

The fish, guinea pig and of course Boo can stay. The lobsters, temporarily. Ok, frogs and Plisskin can stay too. But I have unequivocally drawn the line at zombies and space aliens.





Gotta go boil water .....














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